Space QUIZZES
Space probes quiz
1. What is a space probe?
2. Twin space probes were launched in 1977 on a mission to flyby the outer planets. What were they called?
3. The Cassini space probe carried another craft, Huygens, which, in 2005, descended to the surface of which world?
4. Which was the first rover to land on Mars?
5. A tiny helicopter became the first aircraft to make a powered flight on another world in 2021. What was it called?
6. On 15th July 2015, New Horizons made the first flyby of which world?
7. What did Cassini discover when it flew through a fountain of icy spray spurting out from Saturn's moon Enceladus?
8. Voyager 1 is still speeding away from the Solar System. Roughly how long will it take to reach another star?
9. Which was the first space probe to go into orbit around Jupiter?
10. On which moon did Voyager 2 discover geysers erupting nitrogen and black dust 8 kilometres (5 miles) upwards?
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